rookery

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A colony of breeding birds or other animals.

   “It was a rookery which had never been raided by the hunters, and in consequence the seals were mild-tempered and at the same time unafraid.”

2. isim A crowded tenement.

   “Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.”

3. isim A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.

   “The Flower and Dean St rookery had been home to many of those who lived at least partly by street crime.”

4. isim That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.